1980: J.R. was shot on “Dallas”. Ewing was the nefarious patriarch on the popular evening soap opera in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The third season ended with a cliffhanger as J.R. was shot in his office by an unseen assailant. Viewers had to wait all summer to find out who did it. The phrase “Who Shot J.R.?” swept the country, appearing everywhere from t-shirts to the presidential race.

1966: Supreme Court reversed the ruling that "Fanny Hill" was obscene. Published in 1748, this erotic novel was considered the first example of a pornographic prose. Over the years it was the subject of many bans and prosecutions. In 1963 the novel was published in Massachusetts by Putnam, and was quickly banned in the United States. Putnam challenged the ban which was eventually overturned in the U.S. Supreme Court.

1891: The feud between the Hatfields and McCoys ended. Negative feelings between the two families grew during the 1850s as the patriarch of each family was business rivals. Violence erupted in 1863 when a member of the Hatfield family shot one of the McCoys in response to the McCoy’s having served in the Union Army when others in the area supported the South. The battle continued for almost 30 years.

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National Teenager Day
Memory Day

Thought for the day: If you dug a hole through the center of the earth, and jumped in, would you stay at the center because of gravity?

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Beth Goodwin's primary profession is working with adults with disabilities. She has many other interests including raising two spirited girls, taking care of her many animals, and writing. Beth is proud to be both the Hartford Disability Examiner and the Hartford Guinea Pig Examiner. She is known for having a lot of random trivia stuck in her head and enjoys researching on the Internet to find even more. Contact her at ExaminerBeth@yahoo.com.